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17 connected korrents · 8 moments from 12 Jan 2024 to 22 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under government government Everything filed under democracy democracy Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under politics politics Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: If a fool stays a fool with any book, restricting books only deprives the wise If a fool stays a fool with any book,restricting books only deprives the wise JM John Milton — holds since c. 1644 — tap for who they are Same subject: A wise ruler need not keep his word when it would harm him and its reasons are gone, because people are not wholly good — tap to centre the map on it A wise ruler need not keep his wordwhen it would harm him and itsreasons are gone, because people arenot wholly good NM Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1513–1514 — tap for who they are Same subject: Words are tools the wise reckon with, but fools treat them as money, valuing them by the authority of famous names — tap to centre the map on it Words are tools the wise reckonwith, but fools treat them as money,valuing them by the authority offamous names TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are Same subject: Good soldiers, not gold, are the sinews of war — tap to centre the map on it Good soldiers, not gold, are thesinews of war NM Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1514–1519 — tap for who they are Same subject: Advice should follow how people actually live, since acting wholly on professed virtue among so much evil leads to ruin — tap to centre the map on it Advice should follow how peopleactually live, since acting whollyon professed virtue among so muchevil leads to ruin NM Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1513–1514 — tap for who they are Same subject: The people should judge whether a ruler has acted contrary to their trust — tap to centre the map on it The people should judge whether aruler has acted contrary to theirtrust JL John Locke — holds since c. 1689–1690 — tap for who they are Same subject: People often support banning a book based on assumptions about its content rather than on having read it themselves. — tap to centre the map on it People often support banning a bookbased on assumptions about itscontent rather than on having readit themselves. Last stated 3 months ago 6 Aug 2026 RH Ryan Holiday — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A book you want is always worth buying: never let time or money stop you from having it — tap to centre the map on it A book you want is always worthbuying: never let time or money stopyou from having it Last stated 3 years ago 12 Jan 2024 RH Ryan Holiday — holds since 2024-01-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Pulling up the first fences would have spared humanity countless crimes, wars and horrors — tap to centre the map on it Pulling up the first fences wouldhave spared humanity countlesscrimes, wars and horrors JR Jean-Jacques Rousseau — holds since c. 1754–1755 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on self-recursive improvementin AI models would create a bigincentive for some other parts ofthe world to invest a lot more incompute. Last stated a month ago 22 Sept 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it. — tap to centre the map on it A broken criminal justiceinstitution survives preciselybecause it serves the people who runit. Last stated 2 months ago 1 Sept 2026 RB Radley Balko — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A candidate's political success is increasingly disconnected from their actual record of accomplishment. — tap to centre the map on it A candidate's political success isincreasingly disconnected from theiractual record of accomplishment. Last stated 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 DD Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: A backlash against women's economic rise is not automatic; it happens only where politicians choose to mobilise it. — tap to centre the map on it A backlash against women's economicrise is not automatic; it happensonly where politicians choose tomobilise it. Last stated 2 years ago 1 Dec 2024 AE Alice Evans — holds since 2024-12-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A citizen deciding politically should ask what is good for the community, not what is good for themselves — tap to centre the map on it A citizen deciding politicallyshould ask what is good for thecommunity, not what is good forthemselves JT Joseph Tussman — holds since c. 2000 — tap for who they are Same subject: A consistent liberal is not an anarchist — tap to centre the map on it A consistent liberal is not ananarchist MF Milton Friedman — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can run on truth only if its leader deeply desires it and rules with a firm hand rather than by democracy. — tap to centre the map on it A company can run on truth only ifits leader deeply desires it andrules with a firm hand rather thanby democracy. Last stated 2 years ago 6 Mar 2025 KG Kapil Gupta — holds since 2025-03-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company is not a democracy: every voice should be heard and then one person decides, and the decision should not be the popular one. — tap to centre the map on it A company is not a democracy: everyvoice should be heard and then oneperson decides, and the decisionshould not be the popular one. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A conversation needs several legitimate voices; if the people has only one, democracy becomes dictation — tap to centre the map on it A conversation needs severallegitimate voices; if the people hasonly one, democracy becomesdictation YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2024–2025 — tap for who they are
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At the centre If a fool stays a fool with any book, restricting books only deprives the wise Last stated c. 1644 Holds John Milton Read this korrent →